Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a six-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Italy tomorrow. On the first leg of his five-nation visit, Mr Modi will reach the UAE tomorrow, where he will meet the President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The two leaders will exchange views on bilateral issues, in particular energy cooperation, as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest. They will also discuss ways to advance the bilateral Comprehensive Strategic Partnership underpinned by strong political, cultural, economic and people-to-people links.
For the second leg of his visit, the Prime Minister will reach the Netherlands tomorrow. This will be the Prime Minister’s second visit to the Netherlands after his previous visit in 2017. During the visit, Mr Modi will call on King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima and hold talks with Prime Minister Rob Jetten. Prime Minister’s visit will build on the momentum of high-level engagements and close cooperation spanning diverse sectors, including defence, security, innovation, green hydrogen, semiconductors and a Strategic Partnership on Water.
For the third leg of the visit, Mr Modi will travel to Gothenburg, Sweden on Sunday. Mr Modi will hold bilateral talks with his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson to review the entire gamut of bilateral relations and explore new avenues of cooperation to enhance bilateral trade as well as collaboration in green transition, AI, emerging technologies, startups, resilient supply chains, defence, space, climate action and people-to-people ties. The two Prime Ministers will also address the European Round Table for Industry, a leading pan-European business leaders forum, along with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
In the fourth leg of his visit, the Prime Minister will reach Norway on Monday for the 3rd India-Nordic Summit and bilateral engagements. This will be the first visit of Prime Minister Modi to Norway, and will mark the first Prime Ministerial visit from India to Norway in 43 years. Prime Minister will call on King Harald V and Queen Sonja, and hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Prime Minister will also address the India-Norway Business and Research Summit along with the Norwegian Prime Minister. The visit will provide an opportunity to review the progress made in India-Norway relations and explore avenues to further strengthen them, with a focus on trade and investment, capitalizing on the India – EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement, as well as on clean & green tech and blue economy.
The 3rd India-Nordic Summit will take place on Tuesday. Mr Modi will be joined by the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister of Iceland Kristrún Frostadóttir and Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson for the Summit. The Summit will impart a more strategic dimension to India’s relationship with the Nordic countries, especially in technology and innovation; green transition and renewable energy; sustainability; blue economy; defence; space and the Arctic.
In the final leg of his visit, the Prime Minister will reach Italy on Tuesday. During the visit, Mr Modi will call on the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella and hold talks with Prime Minister Georgia Meloni.
Ministry of External Affairs said, Prime Minister’s upcoming visit will further deepen India’s partnership with Europe across sectors, particularly trade and investment ties in light of the recently concluded India-EU FTA.
